[cayugabirds-l] Woodcock and Owl
At 7:35 tonight I pulled up to the field just east of the airport on Snyder Rd. The minute I got out of my car I started to hear the “peents" of at least one American Woodcock coming from the less snowy areas of the field. During the twenty minutes I hung around I heard repeated peenting and the “sky song” twice, but was unable to get my binoculars on the bird. As I was leaving, headed west on Snyder, I saw a Great Horned Owl perched at the top of a tree beautifully silhouetted by the fading light. It flew at the sound of my tires stopping on the gravel shoulder but fortunately relanded just a few hundred yards to the west just before the curve on Snyder. Bodes well for the SFO Woodcock and Owl watch... -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Commonland Peent!
My neighbor was walking her dogs near fields close to upper Treman and heard woodcocks yesterday. On Thursday, March 19, 2015 8:47 PM, Suan Yong wrote: At 7:45 this evening I was surprised to hear several loud "peents" in the small open area along the trail off of Penny Lane before entering the woods towards the second dam overlook. Have never heard woodcocks here before in my 7 years living here. Suan _ http://suan-yong.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Female Red-winged Blackbird
I hade two Red-winged Blackbirds, a male and female, at my feeders last week. In the past, I only saw males. The females came later. Ann Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 20, 2015, at 11:56 AM, bob mcguire wrote: > > I have had a couple of flocks of Red-wings & Grackles around the house and > briefly at the feeders the last couple of days. I was surprised this morning > to see a FEMALE Red-Winged Blackbird scratching for spilled seed under a > feeder. My understanding has been that the males arrive first in early > spring, usually in large flocks, and claim territories. It is only later that > the females arrive. > > Has anyone else noticed female Red-wings yet? > > Bob McGuire > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Along Cayuga west shore & MNWR
20 March 2015 Daughter Becky & I played hooky on Thurs. afternoon after she came from work. Since Gary K. mentioned an outing to MNWR for Sat., I went to see if the situation there had changed in the last wk. NOPE!!! All iced over & snow on top. Visitor's center won't be open until 1 April & the drive may not be open then unless we get a real heat wave to melt the ice & dry the mud. Potholes in the drive along the Thruway were terrible when I was there late in the fall. I have not been south of Union Springs for several wks. so don't know what the situation is. Various ducks, swans & geese are at Factory St. & Mill Pond outlets along the lake north & south of Frontenac Park. Both Union Springs ponds have a few ducks & Canadas. A GBH has been hanging out at Factory outlet. From south of Harris Park (village of Cayuga, off Lake St.), where we saw coots, to Mud Lock are _great _nos. of ducks, geese & swans. The eagle was on the Lock tree nest & the mate was soaring overhead. The channel from the RR bridge to the Lock has widened greatly in the last wk. & is loaded with birds in the water & on the ice. A few ducks & Canadas are on the Seneca R. north of the Lock. We went _down 89_ to Taughannock with side trips to_Elm Beach Rd_., _Wyers Rd_. to Sheldrake. The Creamery wasn't open until 5 p.m. so we didn't get to stop to celebrate with some soft ice cream. Taughannock Falls has dirty gray ice with lots of water coming over the crest. Oh, yes, a dead rabbit was in the middle of the road going down the hill towards Taughannock. The Red-tailed Hawk that stopped to feed on the carcass had been hit by a car & laid in the gutter. I thought it was an owl 'til Becky picked it up. Besides those in the air & fields, thousands of Canadas, snows & ducks are on the lake, the most I've ever seen along the west shore. We tried to make a Common merganser into a loon but failed. :-( Saw all 3 mergs in various places. At Dean's Cove, Sheldrake & all along we were amazed at the nos. of C & RB mergs.. North & South of Dean's Cove & out across the lake towards Aurora were thousands of Snows in tight rafts or strung out in long lines. Loved the noise. I swung back by Martin Rd. & Seneca Falls airport. Found no Snowy owl but in a puddle in a corn field at the end of Seybolt Rd. we found 2 prs. of N. Pintails ... our only ones for the day. Saw killdeer at the airport construction site & many Horned Larks along country roads but no Snow buntings. Van Cleef Lake in S. Falls is still solid ice. Hope Sat. turns out better than usual for any takers for the birding jaunt. Our fine snow that began at 9:15 a.m. has mostly melted with temps. in the high 30s. Wind has been strong from the SSW all day. Shurfine in Union Springs usually has hot drinks by the front window. Subs & snack foods are available. No bathrooms. Pizza shop next door may have them. I don't know what's available at the gas station. Fritzie Blizzard -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] 2 more new birds/LOTS Red Winged BLs
On Lansing Station Rd.: Female BROWN HEADED COWBIRD SONG SPARROW The big flock of RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS continues alternating front and back yard feeding areas. Since the birds are quite close to me, I can see a lot of plumage detail among the RWBLs. It has been fun looking at the different color patterns. Some of the younger males are mostly black with just brown spots on their backs. There are a couple others that look more like a cross between a male and a female with definite black bellies, but with what looks almost like dark brownish striping on their backs, yet they have the little yellow part of the epaulet showing. Donna L. Scott Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Huge flock of RWBB & Grackles
About 500 mixed flock of Common Grackles and Red-wing Blackbirds just landed in the trees South of my backyard. Quite a number of them are at my feeders and my neighbor's feeders. Quite stunning. Reminds me of the murmurations (sp?) of Starlings on the Levels in Somerset, England. -- Stephanie Greenwood U.S. Ecovillage at Ithaca 221 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607 280 1050 England 73 Kynaston Road London N16 0EB 07946 341208 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Yale farm road today
While searching for the snowy owls at 11:45 in the blowing snow today on Yale Farm Road (no luck) I was lucky to get really good views of 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS - a male and a female-- and a ROUGHLEGGED HAWK all hunting the same field east and south of Mcgrane. Several times they were all within my binocular view at the same time and easily seen with out the bins. It got even more interesting when a raven joined the party and started mobbing the female harrier for a short spell. New feeder addition: one tufted titmouse and several more red-winged blackbirds. Michele Interlaken -- www.thehaywardhouse.com www.bodyshopwellness.com -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Black birds on Lans Stat Rd
I have had only a couple male RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS feeding on the ground in front yard, until early this morning when a blizzard of blackbirds landed out back under the feeders there. The feeders needed filling, so I ran out and scattered new seed on the ground and filled the hanging feeders. Later, they came back: Over 30 male RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS 16 female RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS 4 male BROWN HEADED COWBIRDS Several C. GRACKLES 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS Many EUROPEAN STARLINGS When things startled them, they flew to adjacent trees including my Staghorn Sumac trees, where some of them noticed, "hey, I can eat these, too !!" Snowing here. Sigh. Donna L. Scott Lansing -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Female Red-winged Blackbird
I have had a couple of flocks of Red-wings & Grackles around the house and briefly at the feeders the last couple of days. I was surprised this morning to see a FEMALE Red-Winged Blackbird scratching for spilled seed under a feeder. My understanding has been that the males arrive first in early spring, usually in large flocks, and claim territories. It is only later that the females arrive. Has anyone else noticed female Red-wings yet? Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Sunny Thursday birds
I started out from my house by driving along Lansing Sta. and Bill Geo. Rds. Mostly gulls and Aythas seen on lake. Saw some perky GOLDENEYE males doing courtship displays! On Sweazey Rd. near the Cornell Small Fruits Orchard building by the road, I found a pair of gorgeous BLUEBIRDS exploring the nest box on the fence nearest the road. They both went in and out of the box. (Sweazey runs between Rt. 34 B and Bill Geo. Rds). Their blue color is brilliant in the sun! At Myers Park area I found most the species that Jay McG. noted earlier in the day! What a treat. But I have yet to see the Scoters or Wood Ducks. Still some dead ducks in the town marina; I met a man there a few days ago who said he collected a lot of the bodies to get the bands on some of them for the Ducks Unlimited/DEC database. He said he also works on the education boat in summer. After enjoying the birds, sunshine and sparkling open water at Myers park, the private marina, and Salt Point, I drove up Lansingville Road off Rt. 34 B towards southern Cayuga County. I found some of the usual feeder birds here and there, and then a few HORNED LARKS in a couple fields. I turned down Atwater Rd. in Town of Genoa (after going thru "Genoa Heights" - a private name for a hill top area, I think; has an amusing sign on the telephone pole). I started seeing small vees of SNOW GEESE every so often, flying towards Cayuga Lake. Their white plumage with black wing tips is stunning against the bright blue sky! I have yet to see any "blue" ones in my spottings of Snow Geese in the last few days. Turned down Mahaney Rd heading east back towards No. Lansing and found lots of EUROPEAN STARLINGS and only a few HORNED LARKS by the big Belltown Dairy Farm. The people were doing a lot of noisy work around the big feed bins and storage bays, so maybe birds were scared away. Found some warbling TREE SPARROWS in a thicket of bush and trees on Davis Rd., as well as more of the usual birds, BLUE JAYS, JUNCOS, CARDINALS, ROBINS along the road. Then while noting some HOUSE SPARROWS in a big tangle of multiflora rose bush and wild grape vine, I heard a pretty, varied song and finally located its singer in the same tangle - a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD quietly singing away in the sunshine! It was a good close look and nice to see its throat moving as it sang. More SNOW GEESE flew over, all in small vees, headed towards the lake. Heading west towards home, I saw lots of A. CROWS on Jerry Smith Road in a field they often inhabit. Then near Rt. 34 B, a lovely A. KESTREL flew off in pursuit of something in the field there. In the back of the large field by Rt. 34B, across from jct. with Jerry Smith Rd. I counted 30 deer feeding and lying down. Two RED TAILED HAWKS flew over Algerine Road, but none of the 118 previously seen Wild Turkeys were by the red-roofed barn west of Ludlow Rd. A soaring TURKEY VULTURE completed my sightings until I got home to see my feeder birds, including a couple male RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS greeting me with "Conk-a-R" call! Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Song sparrows
On my walk this morning on EIRW it seems that a new flock of migrants has moved in. When I returned home Larry informed me of seeing a new yard bird--the same I had spotted on my walk--SONG SPARROWS. (I saw 6 on the bike path--but only 1 showed up in our yard.) The newly arrived ROBINS were also on bike path--all fat and plump. But quietly sitting in the shrubs watching the robins was a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. -- Sara Jane Hymes Vine St--Ithaca -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
